Marcy Oster
By Marcy Oster
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Fast Forward Two Jewish mathematicians win ‘Nobel Prize of math’
(JTA) — Two retired Jewish professors, including a Yeshiva University graduate who taught in Jerusalem for nearly four decades, have won the Abel Prize for mathematics, the equivalent of a Nobel. Hillel Furstenberg, 84, and Gregory Margulis, 74, were notified Monday of their award. They will split the monetary award of about $700,000. There is…
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Fast Forward Patient at center of New Rochelle coronavirus outbreak wakes from coma
(JTA) — The attorney at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, New York, has emerged from his coma. Lawrence Garbuz “is awake and alert and seems to be on the road to full recovery,” his wife, Adina, said in a post on Facebook. She has not seen him in person, but communicated…
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Fast Forward Israeli man returns stolen antique 15 years later fearing “end of the world”
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Figuring “the end of the world is near” because of the coronavirus, an Israeli man is trying to make amends by returning an archaeological artifact he took 15 years ago. It was a 2,000-year-old ballista stone, ancient ammunition, that he removed from the Jerusalem Walls National Park in the City of David…
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Fast Forward Israeli haredi orthodox yeshivas remain open, gathering in classes of 10
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Senior rabbinic leaders of the haredi Orthodox community in Israel announced that schools and yeshivas will remain open, but they have limited class sizes to ten students to adhere to Ministry of Health directives. The announcement was made in a letter published Monday morning that was signed by Rabbis Chaim Kanievsky and…
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Fast Forward Rabbi asks worshippers not to kiss stones of the Western Wall
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The rabbi of the Western Wall and other holy sites, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, called on worshippers not to kiss the stones to avoid spreading the coronavirus. The request came after consultations between Rabinowitz and the Health Ministry about required hygiene practices, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation said in a statement on Monday….
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Fast Forward Gantz will get first chance to form new Israeli government
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will give Benny Gantz the task of forming a new government, his office said Sunday. Rivlin met Sunday with the heads of all the parties that won seats in Israel’s parliament in its last election earlier this month. At the end of the consultations, which were broadcast nationally,…
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Fast Forward A chartered airlift is bringing US teens home from Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The entire student body of URJ Heller High in Israel, a high school affiliated with the Reform movement, will return to the United States on a chartered flight, along with dozens of students from other Israeli programs for American teens. Rabbi Loren Sykes, URJ Heller High principal, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency…
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Fast Forward Israel will close schools, universities due to coronavirus
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s schools and universities will close due to the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday. Netanyahu also called to form an emergency national unity government for a limited time, saying “We will deal with the current crisis together and continue later” with the business of politics. The number of Israelis…
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